10 Most Over Powered Power-Ups In Super Mario History
6. Lightning
Another one of Mario Kart's most over powered power ups, the Lightning item has been in every single Mario Kart game to date.
Though the secondary effects have varied from launching the players into space, sending them spinning off the course, to even altering a character's voice to a more high-pitched tone, the item's main effect has always remained the same.
Whilst games like Super Mario Kart 64 featured Lightning power ups spawning as high as 2nd place at times, the item is mainly found nearer the bottom end of the race standings. Unlike the Bullet Bill however, Lightning Bolts have the power to hit every single opponent in a race in certain games.
When used, the item will dispense a bolt of lightning down onto every kart either on the map or just ahead of the player which will shrink them and slow their pace right down, allowing for them to catch up again.
Similar to some of its secondary effects, the duration and impact of shrinking varies from game to game, but still remains one of the most disruptive effects found in any Super Mario game to date.